Hyundai updates Palisade SUV with new styling, tech features
Entering its fourth year on the market, Hyundai’s Palisade midsize sport-utility has been enhanced with new exterior styling, updated interior elements, and some enhanced technology.
Hyundai introduced its flagship three-row SUV for 2020, featuring seating for seven or eight people, and plenty of cargo space.
For 2023, Hyundai says the Palisade offers “freshened interior and exterior design cues, new infotainment and safety features, and advanced driver-assistance systems.”
There are five trim levels available, and each level is offered with front- or all-wheel drive.
Prices begin at $35,550 for the base SE model with front-wheel drive; HTRAC all-wheel drive adds $1,900, to make it $37,450.
Other models, in order, are the SEL ($38,550 FWD, $40,450, AWD); XRT ($40,850, FWD; $42,750, AWD); Limited ($47,100, FWD; $49,000, AWD); and Calligraphy ($49,500, FWD; $51,400, AWD).
Outside, the new Palisade comes with new front and rear bumper fascia, front grille, headlights and daytime running lights, a multi-spoke alloy wheel design, and auto-dimming outside mirrors.
Inside the cabin, the changes include a new instrument panel, steering wheel, seating surfaces and materials, gauge cluster and audio interface design.
There’s also a new “ergo-motion” driver’s seat, along with a second-row armrest angle adjuster, heated third-row seats, and, on the top-end Calligraphy model, acoustic-laminated rear door glass.
Other interior features include a 12.3-inch navigation/infotainment screen with 720p resolution; a digital, full-display center rearview mirror; a WiFi hotspot; a digital key (compatible with iPhone and Android); new Bluelink features; enhanced USB-C ports (replacing USB-A ports) for quicker charging; enhanced wireless device charging (from 5 watts to 15 watts); and…